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[Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918' [87r] (173/206)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 19 Sep 1917-28 Dec 1918. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Al-Jar if ah (
200 men.
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*
• • •
• •
ffightin^ men 12,000 M
In the after noon went for a ride west of town.
Tloveniber 21st.Thursday . Picnic given hy Bin Saud
in my honour at a cave in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah south
of Riadh. Rode through gardens. Following present
Turki,Salman Bin Mahomed,and Saud Bin ABdulaziz
al-Arafah:ABdullah Bin Arafah: Naif iBn Salaman
as -Saleh,ShiBil,agent of Bin Saud at Damascus;
Dr. ABdullah:ABdulaziz Bin Mirshed al Jalavi,till
quite recently Ameer of Boraidahithe sons of Sad,
Brothei* of Bin Saud killed By Ajman at Hassa;
Saleh al Adhal from Hass,called “Sahih Pasha”,M a -
hommad and ABdullah sons of the Imam ABdurrahman
Bin Saud:Faisa.i IBn Rashid: ABdulaziz al RaB’ai,
IBnahim Bin Rumeh. Returned in the afternoon.
Friday 22nd November . Went to office of Bin Saud*
Dr. ABdullah came to see me. In afternoon went fo3
ride with Bin Saud and his family to Shamsiyah:
returned at sundown. At 8 p.m. again went tor
one hour’s cheat with Bin Saud. He explained that
his trouble with IBn SuBah (Kuwait) was not
really connected with the question of taxation
of the Awazim, for, though he did clair. che latter
as his subjects really,he was content to leave
them to IBn SuBah:the quarrel was really about
the Ajman. After their going off, conti ary to
their- agreement and joining with the Sharamar to
oppose him last winter and spring,he could not
remain on any sort of terms with they.. It w T as
unfriendly of IBn £ubah-to harbour them now. He
would not hear of any further pardon. It was
useless,as we knew,Because their Shaikhs were
unrepentent. Dhaidan,especially was a Turk of
the Turks. Either they must surrender some, of
their chief Shaikhs and go off to help the
AtaiBah and'HarB in Kasim or, they should Be
told to go off to Anizah country and help IBn
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The file includes a printed copy (folios 16-41) of the diary of Colonel Robert Edward Hamilton's ( Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait) visit to Najd in 1918 on a mission to Ibn Sa'ud. The file also includes the original typed copy (folios 43-102) of the diary.
The diary describes his trip from Kuwait to Najd and records the topography, distance travelled each day, temperature and barometric pressure and people encountered. The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton); the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Chief Political Officer, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (102 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/104
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Diary of Colonel Hamilton's Visit to Nejd 1918'
- Pages
- 1r:2v, front, front-i, 4r:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence